Economics
Fewer Unintended Pregnancies Contribute to All-Time Low U.S. Fertility Rate, New Research Says
The U.S. birth rate has been decreasing for the last decade, reaching a historic low in 2017. New research from a team of economists suggests that much of this decline is due to...
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Emergency Financial Assistance Reduces Homeless Shelter Entry and Violent Crime
A new study conducted by researchers at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame shows that emergency financial assistance for...
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U.S. Poverty Numbers Continue to Decline, Researchers Find
A more accurate measure of the poverty rate, based on how much people consume, highlights the dramatic decline in poverty over the past four decades, a fact that is missed by the...
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Helping the Most Vulnerable
A report from the White House Council of Economic Advisors declared the war on poverty largely over. A Notre Dame researcher, who helped produce much of the data behind the...
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Study Points to Fertility as a Leading Economic Indicator
Many research studies have shown that when the economy does well, people have more babies, and when the economy does poorly, they give birth less. New research from the University...
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Fighting to End Poverty
In Dandora, Kenya, a sprawling neighborhood in Nairobi, housing for 250,000 people is built around the city’s largest dumpsite. Life near a large trash heap exposes the...
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The Power of Evidence: Transforming the Fight Against Poverty Through Research
The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) is answering Fr. Sorin’s challenge to be a “powerful force for good” by using economic research and evaluation to...
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Hamid Moghadam on Prologis
This talk is given by Hamid Moghadam, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Prologis, a real estate investment trust company. Mr. Moghadam received an...
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The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Carbon Emissions
Richard A. Jensen, Gilbert F. Shafer Professor of Economics from the University of Notre Dame delivered the annual Hesburgh Lecture Series at Public Policy Institute at...
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Fighting to Create Economic Opportunity
A degree from a reputable community college has the potential to lift people out of poverty, but 60 percent of community college students drop out before they graduate. The...
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The Once and Future Liberal Arts
Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University, explored “The Once and Future Liberal Arts” in a talk as part of the 2014-15 Notre Dame Forum on November 4 in the Hesburgh...
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